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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. A general data gathering and creativity technique that can be used to identify risks - ideas or solutions to issues by using a group of team members or subject matter experts






2. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data






3. Category or rank used to distinguish items that have the same functional use but do not share the same requirements for quality






4. Type of procurement document whereby the buyer requests a potential seller to provide various pieces of information related to a product or service or seller capability






5. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives






6. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result






7. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)






8. Common way to determine whether a risk is considered low - moderate - or high by combining the two dimensions of a risk: its probability of occurrence and its impact on objectives if it occurs






9. Processes and activities needed to identify - define - combine - unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the project management process groups






10. Permission and direction to begin work on a specific schedule activity or work package or control account. sanctions project work to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time - and in the proper sequence






11. Document describing how project risk management will be structured and performed on the project. contains the list of project risks - the results of risk analysis and risk responses






12. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all project management process groups to formally close the project or phase






13. A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.






14. Documents and data on prior project including project files - records - correspondence - closed contracts - and closed projects






15. Document that describes how procurement processes from developing procurement documentation through contract closure will be managed






16. One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines






17. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result






18. Condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system - product - service result or component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification or other formally imposed document.






19. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval






20. The merging or joining of parallel schedule network paths into the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by a schedule activity with more than one predecessor activity






21. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






22. Monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes






23. Document that graphically depicts the project team members and their interrelationships for a specific project






24. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes






25. Performed to defined a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase






26. Hybrid contractual arrangement containing aspects of both cost reimbursable and fixed price contracts. time and material contract have no definitive end - can grow. units are preset by the buyer and seller.






27. Making relevant information available to project stakeholders






28. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs






29. Defined systematic procedure employed by a human resource to perform an activity to produce a product or result or deliver a service that may employ one or more tools






30. A method of estimating a component of work. the work is decomposed into more detail. an estimate is prepared of what is needed to meet the requirements of each of the lower - more detailed pieces of work - and these estimates are then aggregated into






31. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met






32. The value of work performed expressed in terms of the approved budget assigned to that work for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. ALSO BCWP.






33. Processes required to track - review and regulate the progress and performance of the project - identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required and initiate the corresponding changes.






34. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer






35. Specific type of management activity that contributes to the execution of a process and that may employ one or more techniques and tools






36. Determining project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach






37. Centralized coordinated management of a program to achieve the program's strategic objectives and benefits






38. Management methodology for integrating scope - schedule and resources and for objectively measuring project performance and progress. performance is measured by determining the budgeted cost of work performed (earned value) and comparing it to the ac






39. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.






40. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders






41. Deliverable oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables






42. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship






43. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information






44. Developing a detailed description of the project and product






45. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance






46. An approved plan for a project - plus or minus approved changes. it is compared to actual performance to determine if performance is within acceptable variance thresholds. generally refers to the current baseline - but may refer to the original or so






47. Requests to expand or reduce the project scope - modify policies - processes - plans or procedures - modify costs or budgets - or revise schedules






48. A component of work performed during the course of a project






49. A histogram - ordered by frequency of occurrence - that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause






50. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs